Gentle Qigong

Qigong For Health and Wellness

Cathy is certified to teach Level One and Two Spring Forest Qigong® and is a Spring Forest

Qigong® Level 2 Master Healer. She has a private practice in Zimmerman, Minnesota called

Gentle Qigong. She teaches Spring Forest Qigong in Zimmerman, MN. and sponsors

practice groups using Spring Forest Qigong in  Elk River, Princeton and Zimmerman Minnesota.

She has studied intensively with Master Chunyi Lin from 2002 to present. She worked in the

areas of support, healing and coaching at Spring Forest Center in Eden Prairie, MN and continues

to be a part of their healing team.

 In addition to completing all 4 levels of Spring Forest Qigong, Cathy has taken the Guide

Program and continues to study and practice Spring Forest Qigong daily. She assisted as a 

facilitator at the Level Two Instructor Training and contributed to writing both Level One and

Level Two Instructor Training Manuals for Spring Forest Qigong.

Cathy was a teaching assistant at the Learning Strategies Spring Forest Qigong Retreat in 2009.

She enjoyed presenting a talk to the Spring Forest Qigong International Guild on “Nature and

Qigong” in 2009. She was a guest speaker at the World Tai Chi Qigong Day at Normandale

Community  College in 2008. She was a focus session speaker in the Spring Forest Qigong

International Conference in 2007. She has worked in the role of teaching assistant and

meditation leader in the Spring Forest Qigong Association and International Guild from 2003 to

present. Cathy has an Associate degree from North Hennepin Community College in Nursing.

 

Cathy is married to Richard Beedle who practices Qigong and Tai Chi with her

and supports and shares her joy in life. She enjoys nature, gardening, cooking and outdoor

activities such as canoeing, kayaking, hiking and cross country skiing. She loves photography,

beading, knitting and writing.  She has two wonderful sons, two sweet daughter-in-laws and is a  

grandmother with two beautiful granddaughters and an amazing grandson.

 

About Cathy

If you’d like to read the story of how Cathy found Spring Forest Qigong® and how she healed herself from a devastating illness please follow this link:   MY HEALING STORY